212 Planta Lindheimeriane. 
405. Arrema Americana, DC. Prodr. 4. p. 250. Margin 
of woods, in rocky, dry prairies, New Braunfels. May. 
LORANTHAC. 
406. PHoraDENDRON FLAvESCENS, Nutt.; Engelm. in PI. 
Fendl. p. 59, in not.: var. g, puBEscEeNs, Engelm. Mss. On 
Muskit trees, Upper Guadaloupe, Elms, &c.* 
1 Dr. Engelmann communicates the subjoined revised character and remarks. 
“PyoRADENDRON FLAVESCENS (Nult.): ramis teretibus; foliis oblanceolatis 
obovatis nunc orbiculatis obtusis in petiolum brevem attenuatis trinerviis; spicis 
masculis subverticillatis folium equantibus, articulis 4-5, 15 -35-floris ; fcernineis 
suboppositis folio brevioribus, articulis 3-4 4-10-floris ; floribus depresso-globosis 
annulato-carinatis ciliatis subtrifidis.— Var. a. GrasrivscuLum: foliis oblan- 
ceolatis seu obovatis 3-nerviis in petiolum sensim attenuatis glabris ; ramis junio- 
ribus puberulis: — 8. PpuBESCENS: foliis ut in a, sed puberulis ; ramulis canescenti- 
bus: —y. orpicuLatum (Ph. orbiculatum, Engelm. Pl. Fendl.): foliis obovato- 
orbiculatis in petiolum brevem abrupte contractis vix trinerviis subpubescentibus.— 
New Jersey to Southern Missouri and New Mexico, and south to Texas. Var. a. 
is the more northern form, mostly in low woods along water courses; §. in damp 
places on Ulmus, Algarobia, and also Quercus falcata, near New Braunfels, San 
Antonio, etc. y. in Texas and Arkansas on dry sterile land, on Quercus nigra and 
other Oaks. Flowers, December to March; fruit ripens the following winter. 
“The nearly related Phoradendron tomentosum, from South of the Rio Grande, 
has smaller leaves, longer spikes, ete. Phoradendron villosum of Oregon has much 
smaller and spatulate tomentose leaves, etc. 
“J take this opportunity to make some corrections and additions to my paper on 
Viscum and the related genera, printed as a note in Plante Fendleriane, pp. 
58, 59. 
“J, VISCUM. ..... . Bacca globosa; pulpusa, semipellucida, monosperma, 
corolla persistente coronata. 
“If. PHORADENDRON, Nutt. Flores dicci, globosi. Fl. mase. Perian- 
thium 3-(raro 2-s.4-) lobum: anthere loborum basi adnate, transverse, biloculares, ~ 
poris s. timis verticalibus duabus dehiscentes. Fl: fem. Perianthium 3- (rare 2-s. 
4-)- lobuin: ovarium inferum, tubo adnatum, uniloculare ; ovulo unico pendulo. 
Stigma sessile, plus minus bilobum. Bacca globosa, pulposa, semipellucida, mo- 
nosperma, perigonio persistente coronata. — Frutices Americani, etc. . 
“* Foliosa; foliis lamina dilatata basi attenuatis ; spicis femineis plus minus 
elongatis ex articulis pluribus plurifloris constitutis. } 
“1. PHORADENDRON FLAVESCENS, Pursh, sub Visco. Vide supra. 
“9, Py. romentosuM, DC., sub Visco. 
“3. Px, vittosum, Nutt., sub Visco: tomentosum; ramis teretibus; foliis ob- 
Janceolatis s. spathulatis obtusis in petiolum brevem attenuatis obscure trinerviis s. 
subenerviis; spicis feemineis oppositis s. verticillatis abbreviatis 2 -3-articulatis ; 
bracteis truncatis ; articulis brevibus, inferiore 6 -8-floro, superiore 2-floro ; floribus 
depresso-globosis annulato-carinatis puberulis 3-fidis. — Wahlamet Woods, Oregon, 
Nuttall. — Leaves 8-12 lines long, 3-4 lines wide. Spikes 3-4 lines long. 
Flowers 0.5-0.6 of a line in diameter, like. those of the two foregoing species de- 
